CAN MUSCLE RELAXERS CAUSE CONSTIPATION???

I take two muscle relaxers (Soma generic) 350 mg each night to sleep. It is the only thing I have ever found that will let me sleep more than a couple of hours at a time. I also take Percoset (generic), usually 1/2 to one pill per day for pain. Has the combination of these two together caused me to slow down on going to the bathroom?
I used to go all the time. I could eat a meal and go to the bathroom within the hour.
I am not constipated to the point that I have to strain very often but not as free as I used to be.
Just wondering if anyone has any ideas on the subject.
Stinker56

I take 4 soma a day to loosen up my muscles, and 2 oxycodone ER a day for pain, so I know what you mean. I drink a v8 juice every afternoon and eat an orange or apple every day. This helps.
Best of luck.
Mini

something natural like a fiber supplement would be better. My Mom's friend used stool softeners all the time and when she had her colonoscopy, the doc said everything was just black and seriously damaged. There was nothing he could do for her and it was from the stool softeners.